Clarion 1947-06-06 Vol 26 No 16

The Clarion
Bead's Vicial School Papeit
Vol. XXVI — No. 16
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. June, 6, 1947
Unmack, Sem.
Senior Given
High Honor
Robert U nimack, a Minneapolis
resident, is the seminary's valedic-torian.
Before coming to Bethel, Bob at-tended
the Moody Bible Institute
and the University of Omaha, from
which he graduated with a Bache-lor
of Science degree in 1945.
Bob is music director of the
Bethlehem Baptist Church of Min-neapolis.
Last year he and Lucille Kir-sten
were chosen to represent
Bethel's intelligence in the Spire's
Who's Who.
It's Here
sitzpie Maize4
Hey, sign mine, too! Such are
the cries of the students today
as the big '47 SPIRE makes the
rounds and pen and book pass
from hand to hand. With a
startling blue and white cover,
individual pictures of all stu-dents
and "scads" of informal .
shots of students and faculty,
the SPIRE made its debut to-day.
2 Profs Have
Anniversaries
This spring, Professor A. J.
Wingblade is completing his for-tieth
year as a member of the
Bethel faculty, which he joined in
1907, serving as a math teacher in
the academy. He became princi-pal
in 1912 and served in that cap-acity
for 21 years. He is now
teaching Greek and several Bible
courses, while serving as superin-tendent
of the Sunday School at
Elim Baptist Church in Minneap-olis.
Dr. K. J. Karlson, dean of the
Seminary, completes his twenty-fifth
year in the Bethel faculty
this spring. He became dean in
1925 and has held that position
since, being recalled each year
since passing the retirement age.
Dr. Karlson teaches Historic The-ology
and several courses of Exe-getic
Theology in the New Testa-ment.
Dean C. E. Carlson begins his
twentieth year and H. Wyman
Malmsten his tenth in the Bethel
staff next fall.
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Tangible recognition for the past year's work in extra-curricular
fields were awarded at Class Day exercises held in chapel at ten o'clock
this morning.
Class gifts were presented by the presidents of the College Sopho-more
and Seminary Senior classes, and special music was presented by
Miss Berthel.
The following awards were given:
ATHLETICS
Presented by Coach Edwards
Girls' Basketball—Major Letters: Shirley Burnett, Valjeanne Larson,
Catherine Nelson, Eunice Peterson, Elaine Raymetz, Lois Raymetz,
Doris Richert, Elaine Westlund. Minor Letters: Goldie Erickson,
Janet Hagen, Donna Medchill, Karolyn Lundwall, Elaine Jensen.
Boys' Basketball—Major Letters: Lowell Bergeson, Leonard Benson,
John Dischinger, Kenneth Greenman, Theodore Hamlin, Everett
Johnson, Roy Nelson, LeRoy Sandberg, Robert Sandin (Captain).
Minor Letters: Kenneth Carlson, F. Stanley Johnson, Roy Johnson,
Ronald Skoog, George Taylor.
Baseball—Major Letters: Leonard Benson, Walter Eddy, Douglas Gar-vey,
Kenneth Greenman, Everett Johnson, Harlis Johnson, Donald
LeMaster, Warren Ljung, Carl Olson, capt., C. Alan Olsson, Warren
Palmquist, LeRoy Sandberg, Robert Sandin, James Sims, William
Starr, Russell Voight. Minor Letters: Lowell Bergeson, Rudy Fors-man,
Berge Hoogasian.
Tennis—George Milton Berg, Roger Berg, Ralph Kolsrud, Jim Rehnberg,
Byron Skalman, George Taylor (Captain).
FORENSICS
Presented by LaVone Berthel
Silver Charms—Alastair Brown, Harold Christenson, Donald Decker,
Charles Germany.
Bronze Charms���Edward Avey, Carolyn Greene, Earl Hoagberg, Lee
Kingsley, Jacob Toews.
CLARION
Gold Charms—Gordon Krantz, Wilbur Peterson.
Silver Charms—Charles Germany, Karl Rosenquist.
Bronze Charms—Edward Avey, Herbert Ellison, Audrey Carlson, Ruth
Bridges, Marwin Lindstedt, Grace Martinson, Thelma Burgeson,
Adelle Bavin, Valeda Kenward, Doris J. Olson, Florence Bergman,
Arvilla Hansen, David Carlson, Delmar Dahl, Dwight Goodrich,
Emmet Johnson, Ouida Ward.
SPIRE
Presented by Maurice Lawson
Gold Charms—Maynard Johnson.
Bronze Charms—Warren Palmquist, Nettie Castle, Byron Skalman,
Thelma Burgeson, Gladys Carlson, John Leggett, James Rehnberg.
MUSIC
Presented by Nels Stjernstrom
Girls Chorus—Bronze Charms: Jeanette Anderson, Ruth Anderson,
Carol Bergsten, Caryl Bjorklund, Barbara Carlson, Gladys
Carlson, Elaine Christiansen, Marilyn Cross, Doris Danielson, Joanne
Eastlund, June Edman, Goldie Erickson, Betty Jo Greenman, Alex-zine
Grenz, Helen Hoffman, Elaine Jensen, Grace Johnson, Shala
Link, Edith Lovegren, Esther Lundgren, Karolyn Lundwall, Mary
Martin, Grace Martinson, Katherine Meyer, Marjorie Neece, Cath-erine
Nelson, Eleanor Nelson, Dorothy Nelson, Marjorie. Nelson,
Minnie Peters, Eunice Peterson, Faye Seaquist, Ruth
Shold, Evelyn Stolhammer, Sara Jane Wallinder, Marilyn Wallberg,
Carol Landberg, Evangeline Rendahl, Ruth Ekstrom, Bernadette
Thureson.
Bronze Charm:
Male Chorus—Bertil E. Anderson, Leonard Anderson, Vernon Anderson,
Wallace Berke, Clarence Britton, David Carlson, Norman Copeland,
Willis Dahlman, Donald Goldsmith, Delmar Johnson, Ralph Kolsrud,
Clarence Larson, Paul Leafblad, Marwin Lindstedt, Olof Lindstedt,
Joel Lingensjo, Phil McLain, Paul Nebel, Phaeon Nelson, Donald
Patet, James Rehnberg, James Rentz, Robert Sandin, Stanley Starr,
Robert Schwartz, Alan Olsson, Byron Skalman, Warren Palmquist.
Ekstrom Rated
College Grads
Valedictorian
Ruth Ekstrom, valedictorian of
the college sophomore class, is a
native of Grantsburg, Wisconsin.
All through high school and rol-lege
her "life has been made mis-erable
by high marks." She ad-mits
to merely a "good" record in
grade school, where she did no
studying.
Her high school record is mar-red
by a single "B." At last tally,
she had received two "B's" in ck..-
lege.
School Picnics
at St. Croix
With examinations behind them,
nearly three hundred Bethelites re-laxed
and enjoyed themselves at
the All-school Picnic held yester-day
at Taylors Falls. The size of
the crowd notwithstanding, every-one
managed to enjoy himself, and
credit must be given to those in
charge for the way in which they
had everything planned out.
Transportation was provided in
chartered buses and in private
cars. In charge of this phase of
the affair was Dave Osterberg.
Bob Sandin was responsible for in-teresting
games played throughout
the day, while the devotional part
of the day was taken care of by
Sherburn Ray.
In the latter connection, an im-pressive
faggot service was held
towards the close of the day. It
was a fitting ending to the day's
events and reflected the spirit of
Christian fellowship that has pre-vailed
at Bethel during the past
year.
Clarion Files
Its Final Will
We, the Clarion staff of 1946-7,
of the school of Bethel, city of St.
Paul, and the state of Minnesota,
dignified, educated, honored,
envied, handsome, and clever, be-ing
sober and nearly in our right
minds do hereby make and declare
this our last will and testament:
To the faculty we give and be-queath
the bulk of our fortune,
that they may spend the extended
vacation recovering their youth
and buoyancy after the strenuous
period of training recently spent.
To Miss Berthal, our adviser, we
bequeath the remainder of our
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clia4i24 • • • By Dave Carlson
There . . . I've just packed my Psych. book, desk lamp, "longies,"
and a few other non-entities in moth balls and I feel like harking back to
childhood days and repeating, "No more pencils, no more books, etc.
. . ." (you finish it). For the next few days my textbook will be the
Great Northern timetable and I can still hear Horace Greeley saying,
"Go West, young man. . . ." bet you can't remember back that far. But
that's tomorrow and it won't take care of the duties of today. Maybe
some of you are wishing that today were tomorrow so that you wouldn't
have to tax your mental powers reading this highly intellectual tripe.
Next year it will be replaced by an equally high-caliber article to be
known as "Moron's Mournings." Don't cry, chum(p)s . . . you have one
consolation in that it can't possibly get worse.
TIT-TAT-TOE: . . . Certainly a practical gift for some of the 2nd
floor Bodien girls would be fans from behind which they could coquet-tishly
flutter their long and curled eyelashes. Eyelash curlers are quite
the rage, I hear . . . then there was one Paul Wage who raised his
hand while sleeping in Chapel only to find that he cast the only dis-senting
vote to a motion which would grant A's to all Public Health
students (traitor) . . . explorer Bob Nelson discovered live animals in
a habitat heretofore thought uninhabited—Virginia Moodey's hair . .
Kenny Samuelson is the epitome of the casual gentleman or didn't any-one
else see him roaming the campus in the vicinity of "trailer village"
clad in pj.'s, bathrobe, and slippers.
IT-CAN-HAPPEN-HERE DEPT: . . . The W. P. A. isn't an extinct
organization according to Eric, who has been foreman for the "land-scapers"
on campus, but we know that we'll see good results when we
return to the campus beautiful come September . . . to those who pro-test
an expansion of music activities we point with pride to the band-chorus
concert and congratulate Bert Anderson for his fine direction.
. . . speaking of music, I am slowly being strummed to sleep by Miss
Berthel's serenading on the guitar; but her voice keeps me very much
awake.
The parting of the ways is here, boys and girls, and I have tuned
my harp for the last time. Thanks a million to all you dear (?) readers
for your patience, your fortitude and your helpful comments. Thanks,
too, to all the chair-acters whose lively antics have made this column
the impossibility that it has been. The best of everything to all of you
and we'll see some of you in September . . . sun tans and all.
Page 2 THE CLARION
Editor Casts a
Backward Look
Finds It Good
It has been, all things considered,
a good year for the Clarion!From
our vantage point at the end of the
line we may look back and say we
have done, if not well, at least not
too badly.
The year has seen a few changes.
Notable has been a streamlining
and brightening of makeup, almost
to the point of sensationalism:
Headlines are bolder and bigger
than before.
We have been given complete
freedom of press by the administ-ration
and have tried not to abuse
it. Some of our editorials have been
a bit incendiary and some even
hasty, but our victims have been
very patient. We feel that it is
the duty of a newspaper to arouse
discussion.
The quality of our writing is not
always the best nor is it the worst
among junior callege papers. Be-cause
they make good feature
material, we have given the lighter
aspects of Bethel life, such as bath-tub
parties, more space than they
really deserve, and thus laid our-selves
open to criticism.
Our office is often a scandal to
the jay birds and to visitors, but it
is not only the staff who use it for
a waste basket and check room.
It even began the year as a store-room.
You see, we are telling you all
our faults. We admit to them. Our
only excuse is that we made up for
them and that the net result is a
profit and, we hope, a credit to
Bethel.
It has been a long, hard year.
We did not expect perfection. We
expect our greatest contribution
to Bethel to show up in next year's
Clarion, for which we have paved
the way.
We neither boast nor apologize.
We only stand up and say, "We
did a job."
Chapel Quotes
"Will you take my Bible and
send it to my mother," said Geo.
Sitts. "I think that through read-ing
it she will accept the Lord as
I have."
—Morris Westman.
No one can walk with God in a
daily fellowship unless he walks
in the same direction as He.
—Walter Olson.
Oh, God, you have given called
me to the supreme work; you have
given me the supreme Book; now
help me to give one hour to that
Book a day.
—Walter Olson.
Oh, God, help me to give life
and blood and tears that men may
know Christ.
—Walter Olson.
I have yet to find one individual
who ever made a score for God
who did not say, "Here am I, send
me."
—Walter Olson.
The reason why most of us fail
is that we are calling on ourselves
to be good in our own strength.
—Norman B. Harrison.
As an apple tree doesn't have
-to try to bear fruit, so we do not
have to try to live the Christian
life if we have the Life.
—Norman B. Harrison.
Remember that Satan will do
everything he can to destroy the
just.
—Walfred Danielson.
Value5
Big pleasures and great happiness
Are made of little things;
Finding joy and satisfaction
In the song a robin sings.
Roaming through the woodland,
A quiet hour in the sun;
A single radiant flower,
A poem when the day is done.
A kindly word of thoughtfulness,
An hour with a friend;
A hill where you can reach the sky
Beyond the river's bend.
by Arvy Hansen
But God's Word
Standeth Sure
In this so-called wise and scien-tific
age de we as Christians still
dare take God for His Word? Or
must we apologize for the lack of
foresight and wisdom in our Book
of faith: fill our minds with men-tal
reservations and avoid every
question or so-called science vs.
revealed deligion? Of course we
realize that we cannot and must
riot ceasure spiritual matters by
material standards. Such things as
love, kindness, happiness, sorrow
and faith are only degraded and
soiled when crammed into a test
tube or a textbook by a fleshly
mind. Our Book of Life is infinite-ly
more spiritual in its creation,
application and interpretation than
any human emotion; and we can
not therefor expect ungodly think-ers
to gladly receive its message.
Beside Paul they are but intellect-ual
mites, and Paul says that to
them such things of the spirit can
only be utter foolishness. Nothing
more.
This assurance we have. A mil-lion
instructors of equal worth
have voiced their half-witted theor-ies
ih every past generation, and
_EVERY ONE who has denoed the
message of God has gone into dis-repute
or oblivion in the unpreju-diced
fires of unhurried time. The
Bible s t ands as an everlasting
monument to the failure of every
philosophy that has not followed
its perfect light.
The religion of materialism is
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ti the earptt
By President Wingbiade
Just at this time of the year we
are looking ahead in a special way.
Commencement connot e s com-mencing
something. Of course. It
is keen anticipation that gives the
thrill to the inmost heart.
There is nothing sadder, in a
w ay, than to have "arrived." Alex-ander
wept, we are told, because
he had conqured the world. The
master sculptor wept because in
the finished statue he had attained
his ideal. And so after all there is
a "glory in the unfinished."
It is well, then, for the senior
with diploma in hand to hurry
fast and enroll as a freshman in
something still higher. Looking
ahead, expectantly, going some-where—
that is what makes life
worth while.
When Bethel Academy was
founded in 1905 (the Seminary
was founded in 1871), there was a
corporation formed which took as
its name "Bethel Academy and
College Association." We see that
the founders looked ahead beyond
the academy to a college--and that
dream is being attained more and
more.
We have had the junior college
for some sixteen years, and now
we are about to launch into the
four-year program. And so on and
on to higher heights.
What goals shall we set? We
have heard much in other years
about the "all-round Yale man."
What should be the "all-round
Bethel man"?
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The Clarion
Published Twice a Month By
BETHEL COLLEGE AND SEMINARY, ST. PAUL, MINN.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
EDITORIAL POLICY: To maintain and promote the Christian
principles of Bethel; to promote scholarship; to foster
more school spirit; to gstablish a better understanding
among the :.tudents.
Editor Gordon Krantz
Ass't. Editor Charles Germany
News E. W. J. Avey, Ed.; Rosenquist, Germany,
M. Lindstedt, R. Dischinger, Kenward, Burgeson, Bavin.
Robinson.
Features A. Carlson, Ed.; Rosenquist, H. Anderson,
Bergman, A. Hansen, Raub, M. Lindstedt, D. Carlson,
Olson, Martinson,
Sports Ellison, Ed.; Goodrich, E. Johnson, Dahl.
Religious Editor Ruth Bridges
Circulations Manager Karl Rosenquist
Business Manager Bud Peterson
Faculty Advisor LaVone Berthel
Wait Till September
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Titu effefrtatryl P40,94am
Prelude, Allegro in C Minor Guilmont
Processional, Pomp and Circumstance Elgar
Theodore Bergman, B.M.
Hymn in Unison Lead on, 0 King Eternal
Invocation Rev. Walter Olson, B.Th., B.A.
Send Forth Thy Spirit Schuetky
Girl's Chorus
The Prayer of Thanksgiving Kremser
Girl's Trio
Commencement Address The Seed of Peace
Bernhard Christensen, Th.M., Ph.D.
Bless This House Brabe
Tryggare Kan Inger Vara Sandell
Girl's Chorus
Presentation of Classes
College Dean C. Emanuel Carlson, A.M.
Seminary Dean Karl J. Karlson, Ph.D.
Conferring of Degrees and Presentation of Diplomas
Henry C. Wingblade, D.D., President
Benediction G. Arvid Hagstrom, D.D., President Emeritus
Recessional, Grand Chorus Reiner Council's other activities on the
Theodore Bergman, B.M. campus.
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Boy, does it ever feel good to
relax for once—no more tests, no
more teachers, no more studying
—at least for 3 months. So I thot
Thursday night when I game home
from the school picnic. I was just
reclining on the bed when my
roommate came into the room, her
head drooping, red-eyed, and little
rivers running through her make-up.
After rummaging in her draw-er
for a handkerchief, she walked
out again without a word. Of
course, I felt bad because my
roommate w a s troubled about
something, but I didn't thing too
much about it until she walked in
again, pulled out t w o handker-chiefs
and left.
There was something else I
couldn't figure out—the dorm was
unusally quiet. I was sitting puzz-led
about the whole thing when
my roommote walked in again.
This time I was determined to
find out what was wrong, so I fol-lowed
her. I saw her walk around
the corier into the new wing and
then down to the end of the hall
to Gladys Carlson's room. I was
sort of dubious about opening the
door. I knocked a few times, but
when no one answered, I bravely
tried the door. Then I saw all the
Sophomores in the dorm, crying.
They stopped long enough to offer
me a box of kleenex, and I could
hear them saying, "No more tests,
no more studying, no more teach-ers,
no more Bethel."
And I had been glad about it!
Oh well, I'm just a Freshman!
AS ROSY Commencement Tonight Closes Year
SEES IT Bernhard Christiansen To Deliver
Commencement Address at Payne Ave
This should be good news to
people that are unfortunate enough
to have their homes adjoining an
airport. Engineers have finally de-veloped
what can be called a sil-ent
airplane. Instead of the con-ventional
two-and three-blade pro-pellers,
it has a five-bladed pro-peller
that cuts down noise pres-sure
90%. When the plane went
overhead at an altitude of three
hundred feet it was reported to
make no more noise than a glider.
College enrollments are predict-ed
to go up instead of down in the
fall aid succeeding year. Even the
overseas students under the G. I.
Bill are predicted for increase. At
the present 3,500 students are at-tending
foreign schools and 10,000
areeanticipated by the end of 1947.
In the U.S., College enrollments
were 1 1/2 million in 1939 and 1940.
1946 and 1947 showed 2,103,000 col-lege
students. The U. S. office of
Education predicts that 1949 and
1950 will see 2,574,000 attending
college. They also predict a steady
rise until 1960. With these predic-
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Goal Reached
For Miss'y Band
That the Missionary Band had
reached their goal of $1,500 for the
year was announced by Vernie
Stoneberg at the final meeting of
the year. It was decided at the
meeting to set aside $300 of the
total for the purchase of photo-graphic
equipment and to donate
$700 towards building a school at
North Lakhimpur on the North
Bank, in Assam. Earlier in the
year $500 was sent to the Bible
School in Jorhat.
The importance of educational
work was stressed by the Rev.
Walfred Danielson, Secretary of
the General Conference Foreign
Mission Board.
Officers elected to head up miss-ionary
activity next year were:
Ralph Larson (Vice-president),
Bud Peterson (Treasurer), and
Carol Bergsten (Secretary). By an
earlier decision, the President of
the Committee is one of the Vice-
Presidents of the Religious Coun-cil.
Final'Debate
Held at b.
One of Bethel's debate teams,
Charles Germany and Alastair
Brown, met a team from the Uni-versity
of Minnesota on Tuesday,
May 27, at the University in a
non-decision practice debate. This
was a follow to a practice debate
between Germany and Brown and
another University team the previ-ous
week, held here at Bethel, and
was the final debate during the
present school year.
Mr. Joel Sorenson, a youth lead-er
from Sweden, was present on
the campus last week, lecturing at
the Seminary and visiting the
Swedish classes. He also spoke at
the Freshman Orientation period.
Sr. College
Plan oelpritatieci
Bethel is now all set to go
ahead as a four-year college!
The third year's work has been
officially approved by the Uni-versity
of Minnesota, according
to an announcement from the
Dean's office this week. This
means that work taken at Btth-el
will be fully accredited by
the University. As a result of
this enlargement of the scope
of the School, a large enroll-ment
is anticipated for next
year.
Payne Avenue Baptist church
will be the scene of tonights Com-mencement
exercises. The Rev.
Bernard Christenson, President of
Augsburg College, will give the
Commencement Address. His sub-ject
is The Seed of Peace.
President Henry C. Wingblade
will present diplomas and degrees
to the graduates. The girl's chorus
will sing several numbers.
Deans C. E. Carlson and K. J.
Karlson will present the gradcat-ing
classes of the college and semi-nary
respectively.
The exercises opened with the
Baccalaureate sery i c e in the
college chapel last Sunday after-noon,
when a message was given
by the Rev. Gordon Hasselblad on
"The Life that is Life Indeed."
Guests were afterwards entertain-ed
to refreshments in the Girls'
Dormitory.
Awards were made and scholar-ships
awarded on the Class Day
this morning, while diplomas will
be presented at the Commence-ment
Exercises to be held this
evening at Payne Avenue Baptist
Church. The address is to be given
by Dr. Bernhard Christiansen,
President of Augsberg College and
Seminary, whose announced topic
is "The Seed of Pegce."
Report 100 G.
Team Meetings
A record of some 100 meeting
held by the Gospel Teams during
the year was reported by the Re-ligious
Council last week. These
meetings were in addition to the
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Plans for New Thirty-eight Students Are Honored
Religious Staff As President Gives Them Awards
For Next Year
Survey Finds
Criticism of
Students, Staff
Just for fun, we conducted a
short survey in which we asked
faculty members for criticism of
students in general. Then we ask-ed
students for criticism of in-structors
in general. Here are the
results:
The faculty says:
One of the pet irks is the stu-dent
with great capabilities who
wastes them through sheer lazi-ness.
The slower student who
does the best he can is more ad-mired.
Closely related is the student
who neglects his work all year and
tries to accomplish the impossible
the day before exams.
Students who have a tendency to
put everything except schoolwork
first. Socials and fun are good
but should be kept in their place.
Bethelites should settle down in
one church and find a place of
service there, rather than roaming
about from one church to another
and contributing nothing.
Students say:
Some teachers aren't conscien-tious
enough about their work.
They are not well enough informed
to give good program planning ad-vice,
and don't seem to prepare
their lectures and lessons as fully
as they might.
Many students feel that there
isn't a close enough fellowship be-tween
faculty and students. The
teachers do not show enough of
a personal interest in them.
But some of the faculty are more
anxious to be popular and give
themselves an easy job than they
are to get their subjects across.
(ed. note: you can't win, teach-er.)
Long - winded illustrations and
personal views expressed in class
are not appreciated.
dear boss
well i thought id seen the epito-me
of miserliness boss but you
sure taught me a new one it aint
bad enough you got to ' eat them
fudgicles and leave me only the
stick but you have to lick the
stick too
why dont you clean up this
crummy joint not only do i have
to see my masterpieces printed
in that lousy rag but i have to live
in a litter of paper old swivel
chairs desks and typewriter parts
no self-respecting cockroach should
have to put up with it
but then i never was self-re-specting
the only one i respect is
cal man with them feet he could
squash my whole family even if i
had more relatives than a microbe
speaking of relatives well its
spring you know and you know
how those things are and well ive
been thinking about this and that
A single coordinating body will,
in the future, supervise the func-tions
of both the Religious Council
and the Missionary Band. Such
was the decision at a chapel meet-ing
presided over last week by Ray
Larson, the retiring President of
this year's Religious Council. Un-der
the new scheme, as outlined,
the Vice-Presidents of the new
committee will act as Chairman of
Missionary, Gospel Team, and De-votional
Committees.
Officers elected to the new body
were as follows: Maynard John-son,
President; Lois Norberg, Sec-retary;
Kenneth Samuelson, Vice-
President in charge of Devotions;
Mel Soneson, Vice-President in
charge of Gospel Teams; and Roy
Nelson, Vice-President in charge of
Missionary activities.
CARPET
(Continued from page 2)
He should be one who has caught
the vision splendid and who is
walking in that light and leading
with all his body, soul, and spirit
to even greater heights of personal
attainment and soul radiation.
Deep and true advancement is
then to be the ever increasing goal.
Tennyson speaks of progress as
being "more and more."
Said the great John Ruskin: "He
only is advancing in life whose
heart is growing softer, whose
blood warmer, whose mind quicker,
and whose soul is entering more
and more into a living peace."
Here is wishing you all a wonder-ful
summer with sunshine rich
with the vitamin of heaven, and
fruitage--"that ever more shall be."
sort of like and well remember
what i told you some time ago
about that roach family that
moved in over in the corner well
dont look now but i think the old
lady is about to become a mother-in-
law
of course boss you realize what
that will do to our quote beauti-ful
friendship unquote i cant keep
on spending my nights bouncing
on those tripewriter keys wives
arent swallowing that old line
about working late at the- office
any more
in plain english boss im quitting
i hate to do this but its the end
of the year and all that besides
im not exactly obligated to you
the crumbs you gave me wouldnt
keep an ant alive
so boss as the immortal bard
of avon once said this is the end
hail boss hail and farewell
- archie
Told by Editor
Plans for next year's Clarion
have been projected by future
Editor Perry Hedberg, who charts
an ambitious program.
If the plans are realized, publica-tion
will be on a weekly rather
than twice a month basis. Instead
of the present four, the paper will
have five columns, which will
facilitate a more attractive and
flexible makeup. Pictures will en-liven
the pages.
An intensive subscription camp-aign
is expected to boost circul-ation
over the 1000 mark. A wider
and more serious news coverage
is expected to increase outside in-terest
in both the paper and the
school.
Most of these plans are con-tingent
upon an increased budget,
details of which have not yet been
worked out.
During their last session before
disbanding for the year, the male
chorus elected new officers for
next year's chorus. Those elected
were: Dave Carlson, President;
Phil Mclain, Vice-President; Don
Goldsmith, Secretary; and Don
Patet, Treasurer. A check was
also made regarding the number
of returning chorus members with
the finding that only a few mem-bers
will have to be recruited
from next year's freshmen.
Alexis Elects
The seminary student body e-lected
the following members as
the officers of the Alexis Literary
Society for 1947-48: Wallace Henk,
president; Ralph Larson, vice-presi-dent;
Leona Larm, secretary; and
Kenneth Samuelson, treasurer.
Scholarships Given at Class Day
SCHOLARSHIPS
Samuel Fletcher Kerfoot Scholarship in Memoriam, given by Harold L.
Kerfoot, son of Dr. Samuel Fletcher Kerfoot, fifty dollars, to Bert-ram
H. Rutan.
The Dr. and Mrs. Carl G. Burton Honor Scholarship, one hundred dollars,
to Ruth Anderson.
Boston Young People's Society Scholarship, fifty dollars to Newton
Tweedy.
The Dr. C. G. Emanuel - Merit Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Lee Kingsley.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold W. Peterson Scholarship, fifty dollars to Edward
Clay.
Esther Lundholm Memorial Scholarships, one hundred dollars to Myrtle
Weeldreyer, and one hundred dollars to Leona Larm.
Lake Harriet Church Scholarship, seventy-five dollars, to Delmar Dahl.
The Oscar Berglund Encouragement Scholarships, twenty-five dollars
each to Irma Peterson, Gordon Berg, Roger Berg, and George Berg.
Mr. and Mrs. Gustaf Westmo Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Valeda Ken-ward.
Earl Widen Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Edna Renstrom.
Freda Wall Encouragement Scholarships, fifty dollars each, to Byron
Skaiman and Lois Norberg.
Dr. Wilbert S. Port Scholarships, twenty-five dollars each, to Richard
Gilbert and William Brice.
P. E. Parson Memorial Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Ruth Ekstrom.
Bethel Alumni Association Scholarships,
twenty-five dollars to Olaf Lindstedt, college.
thirty-five dollars to Marwin Lindstedt, college.
twenty-five dollars to Wallace Henk, seminary.
thirty-five dollars to Sherburne Ray, seminary.
Dr. Martin Ericsson, First Forensics Prize, fifteen dollars, Harold Chris-tenson.
Second Forensics Prize, ten dollars, to Lee Kingsley.
Bethel Encouragement Scholarships, twenty-five dollars each, to Char-lene
Johnson, Duane Johnson, Eva -Boyer, and Joyce Hasselblad.
Gordh Memorial Scholarship, twenty-five dollars, to Garnet 0. Jenkins.
Fred Swedberg Memorial Scholarship, given by the Newport church at
Ellison Bay, Wisconsin, twenty-five dollars, to •Ruth Solvang.
Signe Erickson Memorial Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Betty Person.
Bethel Leadership Scholarships, twenty-five dollars each, to Gordon
Krantz and Maynard Johnson.
Willmar-Cambridge Scholarships, twenty-five dollars each, to Dorothy
Nelson, Kenneth Carlson, George W. Johnson and Stanley Starr.
Clarion Plans Chorus Elects
For Next Year Carlson Pres.
The annual award of scholar-ships
took place this morning dur-ing
class day ceremonies. Presi-dent
Wingblade presented twenty-one
scholarships to thirty-eight
students. The basis of these aw-ards,
as in previous years, was
scholastic aptitude and leadership.
The names of those receiving these
scholarships was kept a closely
guarded secret until this morning.
The names of the honored students
are as follows:
THE CLARION Page 5
Bethel Defeats
Bethany; Loses Southern Minn. College Champion
To Luther
Concordia Replaces Bethel As
Choruses, Band
Present Concert
The long announced joint ap-pearance
of the choruses and the
band finally materialized in con-junction
with the last chapel serv-ice
of the year on May 28. The ex-tended
chapel period was opened
by several selections by the band
and then all present joined in the
singing of the National Anthem.
Concluding the musical part of the
program, Bert Anderson conducted
the joint choruses and the band in
"Be Not Afraid" from Mendel-sohn's
oratorio "Elijah," a n d
"Gracious Lord Who Givest Bless-ing"
by Leo Kempinski.
This appearance represented
nearly two quarters of intensive
rehearsal on the part of the band
and several weeks' hard work on
the part of the choruses. It is to
be hoped that a precedent has
been set that will carry over into
the future musical activities at
Bethel. Tentative plans are under
way to organize along these lines
again next year, provided that
there will be enough good talent
available.
ROSY
(Continued from page 2)
tions, Bethel should expect quite
a crowd for a while.
I had 20 fillings filled in my
mouth last week and my mouth
still hurts. I guess those are twen-ty
cavities that can be chalked off
the 500,000,000 decayed teeth and
79,000,000 cavities forming each
year. New York State Dental So-ciety,
who made the estimate,
claim that 60,000 busy dentists are
unable to cope with the back-log.
After checking the latest news
releases from all parts of the globe
I find the world has just about as
many problems as it did last fall.
Understanding a n d truth should
do much to weld the nations to-gether.
THAT a footnote to a test paper
submitted by a communications
student asserted "if these are not
the same then you're a stinker."
THAT the latest sample from
the Norstrom Book of Proverbs
announces that when the cat's
away the mice dance the can-can
on the kitchen table.
THAT the finances of the Re-ligious
Council have been so good
that Carl Olson was able to report
that even the saucer was running
over.
THAT a Bible Outline student
was quick to cite La Vone Berthel
as the answer to a query as to
whether any good thing ever came
out of Chicago.
THAT Warren Valine has de
veloped a theory that virtue is
learned at Mother's knee and the
rest at other joints.
Bethel Junior College lost hold
on second place when they lost to
Luther on Friday, May 30, during
their 2-day road trip. The score
was 10-6.
Starr, pitching for Bethel, got off
to a shaky start by walking 6 in
the first frame. LeMasters replac-ed
him and finished the game. K.
Kolander was the winning pitcher
and Starr, the loser. Bethel got
12 hits from Kolander. Luther hit
6 times.
H R E
Bethel 12 6 4
Luther 6 8 2
Starr, LeMasters; and Garvey;
K. Kolander and Seivert.
Bethel finished third in the con-ference
by defeating Bethany in a
merry-go-round of runs, 28-18. This
was the last game of the season.
Bethany's big inning was the sec-ond
with 11 runs scored. That gav'e
them a 14-6 lead. Bethel scored in
every inning to clinch the game
in the eighth with 9 runs. Mintz
replaced Orvie and was charged
with the loss. LeMasters replaced
C. Olson and was the winning
pitcher.
Bethany scored 18 runs on 13
hits and committed 5 errors.
Bethel counted 29 runs on 17
hits and had 4 errors.
Bethel 4 2 1 2 2 3 5 9 0 28
Bethany 3 11 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 18
C. Olson, LeMasters And A. Ols-sen,
Garvey; Orvie, Mintz, and
Peterson.
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THAT the reason for the weekly
history quizes was finally ex-plained
by Mr. Norquist's con-fession
that "if anybody has any
history this year it was me."
THAT Stanley Starr defined
self-control as the ability to eat
only one salted peanut.
THAT the mind was described
by Miss Berthel a s a complex
organ—in fact, far more complex
than an organ.
THAT i n Prof. Norstrom's
opinion the band rendered fishy
music that was up and down the
scales.
THAT the preface to Dona
Medchill's term paper explained
that "if you notice spaces where
you knovV they are not intended,
it is because my typewriter tends
to skip every now and again."
With only a skeleton of their
former team, Bethel took the Con-cordia
men in a decisive match,
played May 21, at Bethel, taking
all four matches, three singles and
one double in tennis.
Former captain, George Taylor,
who has dropped out because of
bis Navy schedule, was succeeded
by Roger Berg, who was captain
pro-tem for the Concordia game
and was captain in the game on
May 31 with Bethany at Bethany.
All that remain of the original
first seven men are R. Berg,
Skalman and Kolsrud, and
Rehnberg, who suffered a leg in-jury
and was unable to play the
last game.
We now have the scores of the
last three games which we were
not able to get for the last issue
of the Clarion:
Out of six singles, played by
Taylor, Rehnberg, Berg, Eddy,
Skalman, and Kolsrud, Bethel lost
four. The combinations of LeMaster
and Taylor, R. Berg and M. Berg,
Eddy and Rehnberg lost the three
doubles in the match with River
Falls Teachers College at River
Falls, Wisconsin.
Bethel at Concordia:
Streufert vs. Taylor; 6-0, 6-1
Rhenberg vs. Mueller; 6-0, 6-1
R. Berg vs. Dicke; 6-0, 6-1
Doubles - - R. Berg and Taylor
defeated Mueller and Dicke; 6-1 6-2.
Concordia at Bethel
Streufert vs. Berg; 6-1, 6-0
Kolsrud vs. Mueller; 6-1, 6-4
Skalman vs. Dicke; 6-4, 9-7
Doubles - - Berg and Skalman de-feated
Mueller and Dicke; 6-1, 6-3.
Out of four matches this season
Bethel played well, though under
a definite handicap because of
lack of adequate facilities for prac-tice
and the fact that many of the
players dropped out.
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CLARION WILL
(Continued from page 1)
worldly goods in the form of
money, trinkets, playthings, and
a pillow. The latter may prove es-pecially
useful when she rests
peacefully after her strenuous ex-ertions.
To the next staff we give our
desks in the office, together with
all the privileges of staff members.
To in-coming/Freshmen we give
a book "Lectures on Leap-year"
which we have spent long hours
compiling from our personal ex-periences.
To the new editor we leave our
clock that he may always have
a "good time".
To the library we present a
volume entitled "Editing a Paper."
May all who aspire to become
Editor-in Chief read its pages.
To the "hard-ups" we leave a
sheet of fly paper. Pin it to your
bosom, and the next girl you catch
you can hold.
To those on the failing list, we
leave a few extra honor points
and hope they use them freely.
To the foregoing nonsense, we
give our signature.
FEBIAS Gets
Bus, Donations
Bethel G. I.'s interested in FE-BIAS
have secured a bus for use
in the work, and dedicated it at a
special service conducted on Wed-nesday
last by the Rev. Russell
Honeywell.
On winding up their accounts
for the year, the Freshman Class
decided to donate a surplus of
some seventy-five dollars to FE-BIAS.
Dean C. E. Carlson attended the
recent meeting of the Northern
Baptist Council held in Atlantic
City.
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Tennis Men Take
All 4 Matches
From Concordia
Conference baseball play has ended for another season. Concordia
replaces Bethel as the champion of the Southern Minnesota Junior Col-lege
Conference. Concordia was defeated only once and that was by
Luther. Luther is in second place with 2 defeats, one each by Concordia
and Bethel. Bethel holds third with 1 defeat by Luther and 2 by Con-cordia.
Pitching duties were shared by
Sandia, Starr, LeMasters, and Ol-sen.
Garvey was the regular catch-er.
The usual infield went from
Greenman at first; Benson, sec-ond;
Simms or Sandin, short; to
Olsen at third. Voight, Eddy, John-son,
H. Johnson, A. Olssen, San-berg,
and Palmquist have been in
the outfield. Sandin batted A
clean-up hitter
year.
Perhaps the 28-18 victory over
Bethany is the start of another
successful season.
Indians Finish Year In Third Place
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THE CLARION
Hagstrom Hall • if
Highlights
With the end of the school year
at hand some of the residents at
the apartments are busily packing
their household goods, making
room for new students.
The Stohre's and Dahl's are
leaving for the summer to take up
student pastorates.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Washburn are
driving to Schenectady, New York,
in their recently acquired Lincoln
Zephyr to spend the summer.
Don Gordon threatens to open
all the doors • and windows so the
neighbors can suffer with him
when the brand new Junior comes
back with him and Mrs. Gordon
in the fall.
Dana and Ruth Larsen are mak-ing
arrangements for their trip to
India, where they will serve as
missionaries.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sather are
leaving for Seattle this summer,
where Arthur is planning to con-tinue
his schooling.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sandberg and
Wayne will be spending their sum-mer
at their farm in Fergus Falls,
Minnesota.
Good-byes are being said to Mrs.
Drotz and Dorothy. Dorothy is go-ing
to the mission field with the
Larson's.
The Rosenquists plan to visit
Lake Vermillion in their latest car,
that is if the cops don't come for
it before then.
The empty apartments will be
rented out to families wishing to
have a home for the summer.
Question: What do you plan to do
this summer?
Ruth Gustafson: Elaine Christ-enson
and I are going to live in
the college and raise a garden
and do some canning- - also work
and teach DVBS at Lowry Ave.
Rudy Forsman: Work on the Du-luth,
Masbe and Iron Range rail-way
which hauls ore. I'm on a
leave of absense from there now.
Mr. A. J. Wingblade: I'll be around
the cities most of the time doing
miscellaneous church work, also at
Big Trout Lake Bible camp.
Vangie Randall: Probably be going
to summer school in Sioux Falls
and learn how to type so I can
make .myself useful, - -going home
too and will probably work.
Les Larson: Going to Peace River,
Canada with Leonard a n d Bud
doing Evangelistic work, singing,
teaching DVBS and preaching - -
also going home for two days.
Bernadette Thurston: When fall
comes around I will be "Mrs.-ing"
instead of "Missing" because Bill
W. J. Borchert
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and I plan to get married this
summer. (sorry girls)!
Miss Berthel: Go to school — be
bridesmaid in a couple weddings - -
go east on vacation - - learn how
to cook and sew - - go swimming—
play tennis - - read - - stay in every
evening.
Bill Stearns: Roy Nelson and I
plan to be doing evangelistic work
throughout the Columbia Confer-ence
in Washington and Oregon.
Don Johnson: Teach Bible school
at Grace Chapel. - - work at the
terminal during July and then
teach another Bible school at
Dad's Corners.
Arvilla Hanson: I am going fish-ing
every single day. I'm digging
out my dungarees and straw hat
and baiting up a drop line. Then
I'm going to sit out in a boat for
hours and write all kinds of mad
poetry.
Joe Brygger: Go to summer
school and work at the greenhouse
about eight hours a day.
More Pledges
Needed for nas
Have you made your NAS pledge
yet? If 'you have not, do so today,
for it is up to you if Bethel-is to
get a fieldhouse.
Take same pledge cards with
you and secure as many pledges
as you can from friends.
Valedictorians
Tell of Pluses
Speaking on "Spirituality Plus"
and "Education Plus" respectively
Valedictorians Robert Unmack and
Ruth Eckstrom addressed the
Class Day audience this morning.
Unmack stressed that spirituali-ty
alone is not enough and that
school training is only a beginning.
What is needed for Christian liv-ing
is preparation and prepared-ness.
Eckstrom defined education as
the instilling of knowledge and
ideals. Her central statement was,
"The fear of the Lord is the be-ginning
of wisdom."
GOD'S WORD STANDETH
(continued from page 2)
the religion of an exceedingly wise
Satan (planted in the hearts of ex-ceedingly
proud men) : the faith
of Jesus Christ is the salvation of
an all-wise God, revealed to hum-ble
sinners. The first has and is
destroying people and nations. The
one way, the truth, and the life;
second is the salt of the earth and
the light. Christ has proven to be
Truth forever on the scaffold,
Wrong forever on the throne;
Yet the scaffold sways the fu-ture,
And behind the dim unknown
Standeth God within the shad-ows,
Keeping watch upon his own.

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The Clarion
Bead's Vicial School Papeit
Vol. XXVI — No. 16
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. June, 6, 1947
Unmack, Sem.
Senior Given
High Honor
Robert U nimack, a Minneapolis
resident, is the seminary's valedic-torian.
Before coming to Bethel, Bob at-tended
the Moody Bible Institute
and the University of Omaha, from
which he graduated with a Bache-lor
of Science degree in 1945.
Bob is music director of the
Bethlehem Baptist Church of Min-neapolis.
Last year he and Lucille Kir-sten
were chosen to represent
Bethel's intelligence in the Spire's
Who's Who.
It's Here
sitzpie Maize4
Hey, sign mine, too! Such are
the cries of the students today
as the big '47 SPIRE makes the
rounds and pen and book pass
from hand to hand. With a
startling blue and white cover,
individual pictures of all stu-dents
and "scads" of informal .
shots of students and faculty,
the SPIRE made its debut to-day.
2 Profs Have
Anniversaries
This spring, Professor A. J.
Wingblade is completing his for-tieth
year as a member of the
Bethel faculty, which he joined in
1907, serving as a math teacher in
the academy. He became princi-pal
in 1912 and served in that cap-acity
for 21 years. He is now
teaching Greek and several Bible
courses, while serving as superin-tendent
of the Sunday School at
Elim Baptist Church in Minneap-olis.
Dr. K. J. Karlson, dean of the
Seminary, completes his twenty-fifth
year in the Bethel faculty
this spring. He became dean in
1925 and has held that position
since, being recalled each year
since passing the retirement age.
Dr. Karlson teaches Historic The-ology
and several courses of Exe-getic
Theology in the New Testa-ment.
Dean C. E. Carlson begins his
twentieth year and H. Wyman
Malmsten his tenth in the Bethel
staff next fall.
Siticleottiaeceioe4waal
41 oc444 ezeiteues
Tangible recognition for the past year's work in extra-curricular
fields were awarded at Class Day exercises held in chapel at ten o'clock
this morning.
Class gifts were presented by the presidents of the College Sopho-more
and Seminary Senior classes, and special music was presented by
Miss Berthel.
The following awards were given:
ATHLETICS
Presented by Coach Edwards
Girls' Basketball—Major Letters: Shirley Burnett, Valjeanne Larson,
Catherine Nelson, Eunice Peterson, Elaine Raymetz, Lois Raymetz,
Doris Richert, Elaine Westlund. Minor Letters: Goldie Erickson,
Janet Hagen, Donna Medchill, Karolyn Lundwall, Elaine Jensen.
Boys' Basketball—Major Letters: Lowell Bergeson, Leonard Benson,
John Dischinger, Kenneth Greenman, Theodore Hamlin, Everett
Johnson, Roy Nelson, LeRoy Sandberg, Robert Sandin (Captain).
Minor Letters: Kenneth Carlson, F. Stanley Johnson, Roy Johnson,
Ronald Skoog, George Taylor.
Baseball—Major Letters: Leonard Benson, Walter Eddy, Douglas Gar-vey,
Kenneth Greenman, Everett Johnson, Harlis Johnson, Donald
LeMaster, Warren Ljung, Carl Olson, capt., C. Alan Olsson, Warren
Palmquist, LeRoy Sandberg, Robert Sandin, James Sims, William
Starr, Russell Voight. Minor Letters: Lowell Bergeson, Rudy Fors-man,
Berge Hoogasian.
Tennis—George Milton Berg, Roger Berg, Ralph Kolsrud, Jim Rehnberg,
Byron Skalman, George Taylor (Captain).
FORENSICS
Presented by LaVone Berthel
Silver Charms—Alastair Brown, Harold Christenson, Donald Decker,
Charles Germany.
Bronze Charms���Edward Avey, Carolyn Greene, Earl Hoagberg, Lee
Kingsley, Jacob Toews.
CLARION
Gold Charms—Gordon Krantz, Wilbur Peterson.
Silver Charms—Charles Germany, Karl Rosenquist.
Bronze Charms—Edward Avey, Herbert Ellison, Audrey Carlson, Ruth
Bridges, Marwin Lindstedt, Grace Martinson, Thelma Burgeson,
Adelle Bavin, Valeda Kenward, Doris J. Olson, Florence Bergman,
Arvilla Hansen, David Carlson, Delmar Dahl, Dwight Goodrich,
Emmet Johnson, Ouida Ward.
SPIRE
Presented by Maurice Lawson
Gold Charms—Maynard Johnson.
Bronze Charms—Warren Palmquist, Nettie Castle, Byron Skalman,
Thelma Burgeson, Gladys Carlson, John Leggett, James Rehnberg.
MUSIC
Presented by Nels Stjernstrom
Girls Chorus—Bronze Charms: Jeanette Anderson, Ruth Anderson,
Carol Bergsten, Caryl Bjorklund, Barbara Carlson, Gladys
Carlson, Elaine Christiansen, Marilyn Cross, Doris Danielson, Joanne
Eastlund, June Edman, Goldie Erickson, Betty Jo Greenman, Alex-zine
Grenz, Helen Hoffman, Elaine Jensen, Grace Johnson, Shala
Link, Edith Lovegren, Esther Lundgren, Karolyn Lundwall, Mary
Martin, Grace Martinson, Katherine Meyer, Marjorie Neece, Cath-erine
Nelson, Eleanor Nelson, Dorothy Nelson, Marjorie. Nelson,
Minnie Peters, Eunice Peterson, Faye Seaquist, Ruth
Shold, Evelyn Stolhammer, Sara Jane Wallinder, Marilyn Wallberg,
Carol Landberg, Evangeline Rendahl, Ruth Ekstrom, Bernadette
Thureson.
Bronze Charm:
Male Chorus—Bertil E. Anderson, Leonard Anderson, Vernon Anderson,
Wallace Berke, Clarence Britton, David Carlson, Norman Copeland,
Willis Dahlman, Donald Goldsmith, Delmar Johnson, Ralph Kolsrud,
Clarence Larson, Paul Leafblad, Marwin Lindstedt, Olof Lindstedt,
Joel Lingensjo, Phil McLain, Paul Nebel, Phaeon Nelson, Donald
Patet, James Rehnberg, James Rentz, Robert Sandin, Stanley Starr,
Robert Schwartz, Alan Olsson, Byron Skalman, Warren Palmquist.
Ekstrom Rated
College Grads
Valedictorian
Ruth Ekstrom, valedictorian of
the college sophomore class, is a
native of Grantsburg, Wisconsin.
All through high school and rol-lege
her "life has been made mis-erable
by high marks." She ad-mits
to merely a "good" record in
grade school, where she did no
studying.
Her high school record is mar-red
by a single "B." At last tally,
she had received two "B's" in ck..-
lege.
School Picnics
at St. Croix
With examinations behind them,
nearly three hundred Bethelites re-laxed
and enjoyed themselves at
the All-school Picnic held yester-day
at Taylors Falls. The size of
the crowd notwithstanding, every-one
managed to enjoy himself, and
credit must be given to those in
charge for the way in which they
had everything planned out.
Transportation was provided in
chartered buses and in private
cars. In charge of this phase of
the affair was Dave Osterberg.
Bob Sandin was responsible for in-teresting
games played throughout
the day, while the devotional part
of the day was taken care of by
Sherburn Ray.
In the latter connection, an im-pressive
faggot service was held
towards the close of the day. It
was a fitting ending to the day's
events and reflected the spirit of
Christian fellowship that has pre-vailed
at Bethel during the past
year.
Clarion Files
Its Final Will
We, the Clarion staff of 1946-7,
of the school of Bethel, city of St.
Paul, and the state of Minnesota,
dignified, educated, honored,
envied, handsome, and clever, be-ing
sober and nearly in our right
minds do hereby make and declare
this our last will and testament:
To the faculty we give and be-queath
the bulk of our fortune,
that they may spend the extended
vacation recovering their youth
and buoyancy after the strenuous
period of training recently spent.
To Miss Berthal, our adviser, we
bequeath the remainder of our
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clia4i24 • • • By Dave Carlson
There . . . I've just packed my Psych. book, desk lamp, "longies,"
and a few other non-entities in moth balls and I feel like harking back to
childhood days and repeating, "No more pencils, no more books, etc.
. . ." (you finish it). For the next few days my textbook will be the
Great Northern timetable and I can still hear Horace Greeley saying,
"Go West, young man. . . ." bet you can't remember back that far. But
that's tomorrow and it won't take care of the duties of today. Maybe
some of you are wishing that today were tomorrow so that you wouldn't
have to tax your mental powers reading this highly intellectual tripe.
Next year it will be replaced by an equally high-caliber article to be
known as "Moron's Mournings." Don't cry, chum(p)s . . . you have one
consolation in that it can't possibly get worse.
TIT-TAT-TOE: . . . Certainly a practical gift for some of the 2nd
floor Bodien girls would be fans from behind which they could coquet-tishly
flutter their long and curled eyelashes. Eyelash curlers are quite
the rage, I hear . . . then there was one Paul Wage who raised his
hand while sleeping in Chapel only to find that he cast the only dis-senting
vote to a motion which would grant A's to all Public Health
students (traitor) . . . explorer Bob Nelson discovered live animals in
a habitat heretofore thought uninhabited—Virginia Moodey's hair . .
Kenny Samuelson is the epitome of the casual gentleman or didn't any-one
else see him roaming the campus in the vicinity of "trailer village"
clad in pj.'s, bathrobe, and slippers.
IT-CAN-HAPPEN-HERE DEPT: . . . The W. P. A. isn't an extinct
organization according to Eric, who has been foreman for the "land-scapers"
on campus, but we know that we'll see good results when we
return to the campus beautiful come September . . . to those who pro-test
an expansion of music activities we point with pride to the band-chorus
concert and congratulate Bert Anderson for his fine direction.
. . . speaking of music, I am slowly being strummed to sleep by Miss
Berthel's serenading on the guitar; but her voice keeps me very much
awake.
The parting of the ways is here, boys and girls, and I have tuned
my harp for the last time. Thanks a million to all you dear (?) readers
for your patience, your fortitude and your helpful comments. Thanks,
too, to all the chair-acters whose lively antics have made this column
the impossibility that it has been. The best of everything to all of you
and we'll see some of you in September . . . sun tans and all.
Page 2 THE CLARION
Editor Casts a
Backward Look
Finds It Good
It has been, all things considered,
a good year for the Clarion!From
our vantage point at the end of the
line we may look back and say we
have done, if not well, at least not
too badly.
The year has seen a few changes.
Notable has been a streamlining
and brightening of makeup, almost
to the point of sensationalism:
Headlines are bolder and bigger
than before.
We have been given complete
freedom of press by the administ-ration
and have tried not to abuse
it. Some of our editorials have been
a bit incendiary and some even
hasty, but our victims have been
very patient. We feel that it is
the duty of a newspaper to arouse
discussion.
The quality of our writing is not
always the best nor is it the worst
among junior callege papers. Be-cause
they make good feature
material, we have given the lighter
aspects of Bethel life, such as bath-tub
parties, more space than they
really deserve, and thus laid our-selves
open to criticism.
Our office is often a scandal to
the jay birds and to visitors, but it
is not only the staff who use it for
a waste basket and check room.
It even began the year as a store-room.
You see, we are telling you all
our faults. We admit to them. Our
only excuse is that we made up for
them and that the net result is a
profit and, we hope, a credit to
Bethel.
It has been a long, hard year.
We did not expect perfection. We
expect our greatest contribution
to Bethel to show up in next year's
Clarion, for which we have paved
the way.
We neither boast nor apologize.
We only stand up and say, "We
did a job."
Chapel Quotes
"Will you take my Bible and
send it to my mother," said Geo.
Sitts. "I think that through read-ing
it she will accept the Lord as
I have."
—Morris Westman.
No one can walk with God in a
daily fellowship unless he walks
in the same direction as He.
—Walter Olson.
Oh, God, you have given called
me to the supreme work; you have
given me the supreme Book; now
help me to give one hour to that
Book a day.
—Walter Olson.
Oh, God, help me to give life
and blood and tears that men may
know Christ.
—Walter Olson.
I have yet to find one individual
who ever made a score for God
who did not say, "Here am I, send
me."
—Walter Olson.
The reason why most of us fail
is that we are calling on ourselves
to be good in our own strength.
—Norman B. Harrison.
As an apple tree doesn't have
-to try to bear fruit, so we do not
have to try to live the Christian
life if we have the Life.
—Norman B. Harrison.
Remember that Satan will do
everything he can to destroy the
just.
—Walfred Danielson.
Value5
Big pleasures and great happiness
Are made of little things;
Finding joy and satisfaction
In the song a robin sings.
Roaming through the woodland,
A quiet hour in the sun;
A single radiant flower,
A poem when the day is done.
A kindly word of thoughtfulness,
An hour with a friend;
A hill where you can reach the sky
Beyond the river's bend.
by Arvy Hansen
But God's Word
Standeth Sure
In this so-called wise and scien-tific
age de we as Christians still
dare take God for His Word? Or
must we apologize for the lack of
foresight and wisdom in our Book
of faith: fill our minds with men-tal
reservations and avoid every
question or so-called science vs.
revealed deligion? Of course we
realize that we cannot and must
riot ceasure spiritual matters by
material standards. Such things as
love, kindness, happiness, sorrow
and faith are only degraded and
soiled when crammed into a test
tube or a textbook by a fleshly
mind. Our Book of Life is infinite-ly
more spiritual in its creation,
application and interpretation than
any human emotion; and we can
not therefor expect ungodly think-ers
to gladly receive its message.
Beside Paul they are but intellect-ual
mites, and Paul says that to
them such things of the spirit can
only be utter foolishness. Nothing
more.
This assurance we have. A mil-lion
instructors of equal worth
have voiced their half-witted theor-ies
ih every past generation, and
_EVERY ONE who has denoed the
message of God has gone into dis-repute
or oblivion in the unpreju-diced
fires of unhurried time. The
Bible s t ands as an everlasting
monument to the failure of every
philosophy that has not followed
its perfect light.
The religion of materialism is
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ti the earptt
By President Wingbiade
Just at this time of the year we
are looking ahead in a special way.
Commencement connot e s com-mencing
something. Of course. It
is keen anticipation that gives the
thrill to the inmost heart.
There is nothing sadder, in a
w ay, than to have "arrived." Alex-ander
wept, we are told, because
he had conqured the world. The
master sculptor wept because in
the finished statue he had attained
his ideal. And so after all there is
a "glory in the unfinished."
It is well, then, for the senior
with diploma in hand to hurry
fast and enroll as a freshman in
something still higher. Looking
ahead, expectantly, going some-where—
that is what makes life
worth while.
When Bethel Academy was
founded in 1905 (the Seminary
was founded in 1871), there was a
corporation formed which took as
its name "Bethel Academy and
College Association." We see that
the founders looked ahead beyond
the academy to a college--and that
dream is being attained more and
more.
We have had the junior college
for some sixteen years, and now
we are about to launch into the
four-year program. And so on and
on to higher heights.
What goals shall we set? We
have heard much in other years
about the "all-round Yale man."
What should be the "all-round
Bethel man"?
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The Clarion
Published Twice a Month By
BETHEL COLLEGE AND SEMINARY, ST. PAUL, MINN.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
EDITORIAL POLICY: To maintain and promote the Christian
principles of Bethel; to promote scholarship; to foster
more school spirit; to gstablish a better understanding
among the :.tudents.
Editor Gordon Krantz
Ass't. Editor Charles Germany
News E. W. J. Avey, Ed.; Rosenquist, Germany,
M. Lindstedt, R. Dischinger, Kenward, Burgeson, Bavin.
Robinson.
Features A. Carlson, Ed.; Rosenquist, H. Anderson,
Bergman, A. Hansen, Raub, M. Lindstedt, D. Carlson,
Olson, Martinson,
Sports Ellison, Ed.; Goodrich, E. Johnson, Dahl.
Religious Editor Ruth Bridges
Circulations Manager Karl Rosenquist
Business Manager Bud Peterson
Faculty Advisor LaVone Berthel
Wait Till September
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Titu effefrtatryl P40,94am
Prelude, Allegro in C Minor Guilmont
Processional, Pomp and Circumstance Elgar
Theodore Bergman, B.M.
Hymn in Unison Lead on, 0 King Eternal
Invocation Rev. Walter Olson, B.Th., B.A.
Send Forth Thy Spirit Schuetky
Girl's Chorus
The Prayer of Thanksgiving Kremser
Girl's Trio
Commencement Address The Seed of Peace
Bernhard Christensen, Th.M., Ph.D.
Bless This House Brabe
Tryggare Kan Inger Vara Sandell
Girl's Chorus
Presentation of Classes
College Dean C. Emanuel Carlson, A.M.
Seminary Dean Karl J. Karlson, Ph.D.
Conferring of Degrees and Presentation of Diplomas
Henry C. Wingblade, D.D., President
Benediction G. Arvid Hagstrom, D.D., President Emeritus
Recessional, Grand Chorus Reiner Council's other activities on the
Theodore Bergman, B.M. campus.
Ceactui4datiefra. aid Bat lealte.i
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Boy, does it ever feel good to
relax for once—no more tests, no
more teachers, no more studying
—at least for 3 months. So I thot
Thursday night when I game home
from the school picnic. I was just
reclining on the bed when my
roommate came into the room, her
head drooping, red-eyed, and little
rivers running through her make-up.
After rummaging in her draw-er
for a handkerchief, she walked
out again without a word. Of
course, I felt bad because my
roommate w a s troubled about
something, but I didn't thing too
much about it until she walked in
again, pulled out t w o handker-chiefs
and left.
There was something else I
couldn't figure out—the dorm was
unusally quiet. I was sitting puzz-led
about the whole thing when
my roommote walked in again.
This time I was determined to
find out what was wrong, so I fol-lowed
her. I saw her walk around
the corier into the new wing and
then down to the end of the hall
to Gladys Carlson's room. I was
sort of dubious about opening the
door. I knocked a few times, but
when no one answered, I bravely
tried the door. Then I saw all the
Sophomores in the dorm, crying.
They stopped long enough to offer
me a box of kleenex, and I could
hear them saying, "No more tests,
no more studying, no more teach-ers,
no more Bethel."
And I had been glad about it!
Oh well, I'm just a Freshman!
AS ROSY Commencement Tonight Closes Year
SEES IT Bernhard Christiansen To Deliver
Commencement Address at Payne Ave
This should be good news to
people that are unfortunate enough
to have their homes adjoining an
airport. Engineers have finally de-veloped
what can be called a sil-ent
airplane. Instead of the con-ventional
two-and three-blade pro-pellers,
it has a five-bladed pro-peller
that cuts down noise pres-sure
90%. When the plane went
overhead at an altitude of three
hundred feet it was reported to
make no more noise than a glider.
College enrollments are predict-ed
to go up instead of down in the
fall aid succeeding year. Even the
overseas students under the G. I.
Bill are predicted for increase. At
the present 3,500 students are at-tending
foreign schools and 10,000
areeanticipated by the end of 1947.
In the U.S., College enrollments
were 1 1/2 million in 1939 and 1940.
1946 and 1947 showed 2,103,000 col-lege
students. The U. S. office of
Education predicts that 1949 and
1950 will see 2,574,000 attending
college. They also predict a steady
rise until 1960. With these predic-
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Goal Reached
For Miss'y Band
That the Missionary Band had
reached their goal of $1,500 for the
year was announced by Vernie
Stoneberg at the final meeting of
the year. It was decided at the
meeting to set aside $300 of the
total for the purchase of photo-graphic
equipment and to donate
$700 towards building a school at
North Lakhimpur on the North
Bank, in Assam. Earlier in the
year $500 was sent to the Bible
School in Jorhat.
The importance of educational
work was stressed by the Rev.
Walfred Danielson, Secretary of
the General Conference Foreign
Mission Board.
Officers elected to head up miss-ionary
activity next year were:
Ralph Larson (Vice-president),
Bud Peterson (Treasurer), and
Carol Bergsten (Secretary). By an
earlier decision, the President of
the Committee is one of the Vice-
Presidents of the Religious Coun-cil.
Final'Debate
Held at b.
One of Bethel's debate teams,
Charles Germany and Alastair
Brown, met a team from the Uni-versity
of Minnesota on Tuesday,
May 27, at the University in a
non-decision practice debate. This
was a follow to a practice debate
between Germany and Brown and
another University team the previ-ous
week, held here at Bethel, and
was the final debate during the
present school year.
Mr. Joel Sorenson, a youth lead-er
from Sweden, was present on
the campus last week, lecturing at
the Seminary and visiting the
Swedish classes. He also spoke at
the Freshman Orientation period.
Sr. College
Plan oelpritatieci
Bethel is now all set to go
ahead as a four-year college!
The third year's work has been
officially approved by the Uni-versity
of Minnesota, according
to an announcement from the
Dean's office this week. This
means that work taken at Btth-el
will be fully accredited by
the University. As a result of
this enlargement of the scope
of the School, a large enroll-ment
is anticipated for next
year.
Payne Avenue Baptist church
will be the scene of tonights Com-mencement
exercises. The Rev.
Bernard Christenson, President of
Augsburg College, will give the
Commencement Address. His sub-ject
is The Seed of Peace.
President Henry C. Wingblade
will present diplomas and degrees
to the graduates. The girl's chorus
will sing several numbers.
Deans C. E. Carlson and K. J.
Karlson will present the gradcat-ing
classes of the college and semi-nary
respectively.
The exercises opened with the
Baccalaureate sery i c e in the
college chapel last Sunday after-noon,
when a message was given
by the Rev. Gordon Hasselblad on
"The Life that is Life Indeed."
Guests were afterwards entertain-ed
to refreshments in the Girls'
Dormitory.
Awards were made and scholar-ships
awarded on the Class Day
this morning, while diplomas will
be presented at the Commence-ment
Exercises to be held this
evening at Payne Avenue Baptist
Church. The address is to be given
by Dr. Bernhard Christiansen,
President of Augsberg College and
Seminary, whose announced topic
is "The Seed of Pegce."
Report 100 G.
Team Meetings
A record of some 100 meeting
held by the Gospel Teams during
the year was reported by the Re-ligious
Council last week. These
meetings were in addition to the
Page 4 THE CLARION
Plans for New Thirty-eight Students Are Honored
Religious Staff As President Gives Them Awards
For Next Year
Survey Finds
Criticism of
Students, Staff
Just for fun, we conducted a
short survey in which we asked
faculty members for criticism of
students in general. Then we ask-ed
students for criticism of in-structors
in general. Here are the
results:
The faculty says:
One of the pet irks is the stu-dent
with great capabilities who
wastes them through sheer lazi-ness.
The slower student who
does the best he can is more ad-mired.
Closely related is the student
who neglects his work all year and
tries to accomplish the impossible
the day before exams.
Students who have a tendency to
put everything except schoolwork
first. Socials and fun are good
but should be kept in their place.
Bethelites should settle down in
one church and find a place of
service there, rather than roaming
about from one church to another
and contributing nothing.
Students say:
Some teachers aren't conscien-tious
enough about their work.
They are not well enough informed
to give good program planning ad-vice,
and don't seem to prepare
their lectures and lessons as fully
as they might.
Many students feel that there
isn't a close enough fellowship be-tween
faculty and students. The
teachers do not show enough of
a personal interest in them.
But some of the faculty are more
anxious to be popular and give
themselves an easy job than they
are to get their subjects across.
(ed. note: you can't win, teach-er.)
Long - winded illustrations and
personal views expressed in class
are not appreciated.
dear boss
well i thought id seen the epito-me
of miserliness boss but you
sure taught me a new one it aint
bad enough you got to ' eat them
fudgicles and leave me only the
stick but you have to lick the
stick too
why dont you clean up this
crummy joint not only do i have
to see my masterpieces printed
in that lousy rag but i have to live
in a litter of paper old swivel
chairs desks and typewriter parts
no self-respecting cockroach should
have to put up with it
but then i never was self-re-specting
the only one i respect is
cal man with them feet he could
squash my whole family even if i
had more relatives than a microbe
speaking of relatives well its
spring you know and you know
how those things are and well ive
been thinking about this and that
A single coordinating body will,
in the future, supervise the func-tions
of both the Religious Council
and the Missionary Band. Such
was the decision at a chapel meet-ing
presided over last week by Ray
Larson, the retiring President of
this year's Religious Council. Un-der
the new scheme, as outlined,
the Vice-Presidents of the new
committee will act as Chairman of
Missionary, Gospel Team, and De-votional
Committees.
Officers elected to the new body
were as follows: Maynard John-son,
President; Lois Norberg, Sec-retary;
Kenneth Samuelson, Vice-
President in charge of Devotions;
Mel Soneson, Vice-President in
charge of Gospel Teams; and Roy
Nelson, Vice-President in charge of
Missionary activities.
CARPET
(Continued from page 2)
He should be one who has caught
the vision splendid and who is
walking in that light and leading
with all his body, soul, and spirit
to even greater heights of personal
attainment and soul radiation.
Deep and true advancement is
then to be the ever increasing goal.
Tennyson speaks of progress as
being "more and more."
Said the great John Ruskin: "He
only is advancing in life whose
heart is growing softer, whose
blood warmer, whose mind quicker,
and whose soul is entering more
and more into a living peace."
Here is wishing you all a wonder-ful
summer with sunshine rich
with the vitamin of heaven, and
fruitage--"that ever more shall be."
sort of like and well remember
what i told you some time ago
about that roach family that
moved in over in the corner well
dont look now but i think the old
lady is about to become a mother-in-
law
of course boss you realize what
that will do to our quote beauti-ful
friendship unquote i cant keep
on spending my nights bouncing
on those tripewriter keys wives
arent swallowing that old line
about working late at the- office
any more
in plain english boss im quitting
i hate to do this but its the end
of the year and all that besides
im not exactly obligated to you
the crumbs you gave me wouldnt
keep an ant alive
so boss as the immortal bard
of avon once said this is the end
hail boss hail and farewell
- archie
Told by Editor
Plans for next year's Clarion
have been projected by future
Editor Perry Hedberg, who charts
an ambitious program.
If the plans are realized, publica-tion
will be on a weekly rather
than twice a month basis. Instead
of the present four, the paper will
have five columns, which will
facilitate a more attractive and
flexible makeup. Pictures will en-liven
the pages.
An intensive subscription camp-aign
is expected to boost circul-ation
over the 1000 mark. A wider
and more serious news coverage
is expected to increase outside in-terest
in both the paper and the
school.
Most of these plans are con-tingent
upon an increased budget,
details of which have not yet been
worked out.
During their last session before
disbanding for the year, the male
chorus elected new officers for
next year's chorus. Those elected
were: Dave Carlson, President;
Phil Mclain, Vice-President; Don
Goldsmith, Secretary; and Don
Patet, Treasurer. A check was
also made regarding the number
of returning chorus members with
the finding that only a few mem-bers
will have to be recruited
from next year's freshmen.
Alexis Elects
The seminary student body e-lected
the following members as
the officers of the Alexis Literary
Society for 1947-48: Wallace Henk,
president; Ralph Larson, vice-presi-dent;
Leona Larm, secretary; and
Kenneth Samuelson, treasurer.
Scholarships Given at Class Day
SCHOLARSHIPS
Samuel Fletcher Kerfoot Scholarship in Memoriam, given by Harold L.
Kerfoot, son of Dr. Samuel Fletcher Kerfoot, fifty dollars, to Bert-ram
H. Rutan.
The Dr. and Mrs. Carl G. Burton Honor Scholarship, one hundred dollars,
to Ruth Anderson.
Boston Young People's Society Scholarship, fifty dollars to Newton
Tweedy.
The Dr. C. G. Emanuel - Merit Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Lee Kingsley.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold W. Peterson Scholarship, fifty dollars to Edward
Clay.
Esther Lundholm Memorial Scholarships, one hundred dollars to Myrtle
Weeldreyer, and one hundred dollars to Leona Larm.
Lake Harriet Church Scholarship, seventy-five dollars, to Delmar Dahl.
The Oscar Berglund Encouragement Scholarships, twenty-five dollars
each to Irma Peterson, Gordon Berg, Roger Berg, and George Berg.
Mr. and Mrs. Gustaf Westmo Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Valeda Ken-ward.
Earl Widen Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Edna Renstrom.
Freda Wall Encouragement Scholarships, fifty dollars each, to Byron
Skaiman and Lois Norberg.
Dr. Wilbert S. Port Scholarships, twenty-five dollars each, to Richard
Gilbert and William Brice.
P. E. Parson Memorial Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Ruth Ekstrom.
Bethel Alumni Association Scholarships,
twenty-five dollars to Olaf Lindstedt, college.
thirty-five dollars to Marwin Lindstedt, college.
twenty-five dollars to Wallace Henk, seminary.
thirty-five dollars to Sherburne Ray, seminary.
Dr. Martin Ericsson, First Forensics Prize, fifteen dollars, Harold Chris-tenson.
Second Forensics Prize, ten dollars, to Lee Kingsley.
Bethel Encouragement Scholarships, twenty-five dollars each, to Char-lene
Johnson, Duane Johnson, Eva -Boyer, and Joyce Hasselblad.
Gordh Memorial Scholarship, twenty-five dollars, to Garnet 0. Jenkins.
Fred Swedberg Memorial Scholarship, given by the Newport church at
Ellison Bay, Wisconsin, twenty-five dollars, to •Ruth Solvang.
Signe Erickson Memorial Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Betty Person.
Bethel Leadership Scholarships, twenty-five dollars each, to Gordon
Krantz and Maynard Johnson.
Willmar-Cambridge Scholarships, twenty-five dollars each, to Dorothy
Nelson, Kenneth Carlson, George W. Johnson and Stanley Starr.
Clarion Plans Chorus Elects
For Next Year Carlson Pres.
The annual award of scholar-ships
took place this morning dur-ing
class day ceremonies. Presi-dent
Wingblade presented twenty-one
scholarships to thirty-eight
students. The basis of these aw-ards,
as in previous years, was
scholastic aptitude and leadership.
The names of those receiving these
scholarships was kept a closely
guarded secret until this morning.
The names of the honored students
are as follows:
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Bethel Defeats
Bethany; Loses Southern Minn. College Champion
To Luther
Concordia Replaces Bethel As
Choruses, Band
Present Concert
The long announced joint ap-pearance
of the choruses and the
band finally materialized in con-junction
with the last chapel serv-ice
of the year on May 28. The ex-tended
chapel period was opened
by several selections by the band
and then all present joined in the
singing of the National Anthem.
Concluding the musical part of the
program, Bert Anderson conducted
the joint choruses and the band in
"Be Not Afraid" from Mendel-sohn's
oratorio "Elijah," a n d
"Gracious Lord Who Givest Bless-ing"
by Leo Kempinski.
This appearance represented
nearly two quarters of intensive
rehearsal on the part of the band
and several weeks' hard work on
the part of the choruses. It is to
be hoped that a precedent has
been set that will carry over into
the future musical activities at
Bethel. Tentative plans are under
way to organize along these lines
again next year, provided that
there will be enough good talent
available.
ROSY
(Continued from page 2)
tions, Bethel should expect quite
a crowd for a while.
I had 20 fillings filled in my
mouth last week and my mouth
still hurts. I guess those are twen-ty
cavities that can be chalked off
the 500,000,000 decayed teeth and
79,000,000 cavities forming each
year. New York State Dental So-ciety,
who made the estimate,
claim that 60,000 busy dentists are
unable to cope with the back-log.
After checking the latest news
releases from all parts of the globe
I find the world has just about as
many problems as it did last fall.
Understanding a n d truth should
do much to weld the nations to-gether.
THAT a footnote to a test paper
submitted by a communications
student asserted "if these are not
the same then you're a stinker."
THAT the latest sample from
the Norstrom Book of Proverbs
announces that when the cat's
away the mice dance the can-can
on the kitchen table.
THAT the finances of the Re-ligious
Council have been so good
that Carl Olson was able to report
that even the saucer was running
over.
THAT a Bible Outline student
was quick to cite La Vone Berthel
as the answer to a query as to
whether any good thing ever came
out of Chicago.
THAT Warren Valine has de
veloped a theory that virtue is
learned at Mother's knee and the
rest at other joints.
Bethel Junior College lost hold
on second place when they lost to
Luther on Friday, May 30, during
their 2-day road trip. The score
was 10-6.
Starr, pitching for Bethel, got off
to a shaky start by walking 6 in
the first frame. LeMasters replac-ed
him and finished the game. K.
Kolander was the winning pitcher
and Starr, the loser. Bethel got
12 hits from Kolander. Luther hit
6 times.
H R E
Bethel 12 6 4
Luther 6 8 2
Starr, LeMasters; and Garvey;
K. Kolander and Seivert.
Bethel finished third in the con-ference
by defeating Bethany in a
merry-go-round of runs, 28-18. This
was the last game of the season.
Bethany's big inning was the sec-ond
with 11 runs scored. That gav'e
them a 14-6 lead. Bethel scored in
every inning to clinch the game
in the eighth with 9 runs. Mintz
replaced Orvie and was charged
with the loss. LeMasters replaced
C. Olson and was the winning
pitcher.
Bethany scored 18 runs on 13
hits and committed 5 errors.
Bethel counted 29 runs on 17
hits and had 4 errors.
Bethel 4 2 1 2 2 3 5 9 0 28
Bethany 3 11 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 18
C. Olson, LeMasters And A. Ols-sen,
Garvey; Orvie, Mintz, and
Peterson.
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THAT the reason for the weekly
history quizes was finally ex-plained
by Mr. Norquist's con-fession
that "if anybody has any
history this year it was me."
THAT Stanley Starr defined
self-control as the ability to eat
only one salted peanut.
THAT the mind was described
by Miss Berthel a s a complex
organ—in fact, far more complex
than an organ.
THAT i n Prof. Norstrom's
opinion the band rendered fishy
music that was up and down the
scales.
THAT the preface to Dona
Medchill's term paper explained
that "if you notice spaces where
you knovV they are not intended,
it is because my typewriter tends
to skip every now and again."
With only a skeleton of their
former team, Bethel took the Con-cordia
men in a decisive match,
played May 21, at Bethel, taking
all four matches, three singles and
one double in tennis.
Former captain, George Taylor,
who has dropped out because of
bis Navy schedule, was succeeded
by Roger Berg, who was captain
pro-tem for the Concordia game
and was captain in the game on
May 31 with Bethany at Bethany.
All that remain of the original
first seven men are R. Berg,
Skalman and Kolsrud, and
Rehnberg, who suffered a leg in-jury
and was unable to play the
last game.
We now have the scores of the
last three games which we were
not able to get for the last issue
of the Clarion:
Out of six singles, played by
Taylor, Rehnberg, Berg, Eddy,
Skalman, and Kolsrud, Bethel lost
four. The combinations of LeMaster
and Taylor, R. Berg and M. Berg,
Eddy and Rehnberg lost the three
doubles in the match with River
Falls Teachers College at River
Falls, Wisconsin.
Bethel at Concordia:
Streufert vs. Taylor; 6-0, 6-1
Rhenberg vs. Mueller; 6-0, 6-1
R. Berg vs. Dicke; 6-0, 6-1
Doubles - - R. Berg and Taylor
defeated Mueller and Dicke; 6-1 6-2.
Concordia at Bethel
Streufert vs. Berg; 6-1, 6-0
Kolsrud vs. Mueller; 6-1, 6-4
Skalman vs. Dicke; 6-4, 9-7
Doubles - - Berg and Skalman de-feated
Mueller and Dicke; 6-1, 6-3.
Out of four matches this season
Bethel played well, though under
a definite handicap because of
lack of adequate facilities for prac-tice
and the fact that many of the
players dropped out.
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CLARION WILL
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worldly goods in the form of
money, trinkets, playthings, and
a pillow. The latter may prove es-pecially
useful when she rests
peacefully after her strenuous ex-ertions.
To the next staff we give our
desks in the office, together with
all the privileges of staff members.
To in-coming/Freshmen we give
a book "Lectures on Leap-year"
which we have spent long hours
compiling from our personal ex-periences.
To the new editor we leave our
clock that he may always have
a "good time".
To the library we present a
volume entitled "Editing a Paper."
May all who aspire to become
Editor-in Chief read its pages.
To the "hard-ups" we leave a
sheet of fly paper. Pin it to your
bosom, and the next girl you catch
you can hold.
To those on the failing list, we
leave a few extra honor points
and hope they use them freely.
To the foregoing nonsense, we
give our signature.
FEBIAS Gets
Bus, Donations
Bethel G. I.'s interested in FE-BIAS
have secured a bus for use
in the work, and dedicated it at a
special service conducted on Wed-nesday
last by the Rev. Russell
Honeywell.
On winding up their accounts
for the year, the Freshman Class
decided to donate a surplus of
some seventy-five dollars to FE-BIAS.
Dean C. E. Carlson attended the
recent meeting of the Northern
Baptist Council held in Atlantic
City.
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Tennis Men Take
All 4 Matches
From Concordia
Conference baseball play has ended for another season. Concordia
replaces Bethel as the champion of the Southern Minnesota Junior Col-lege
Conference. Concordia was defeated only once and that was by
Luther. Luther is in second place with 2 defeats, one each by Concordia
and Bethel. Bethel holds third with 1 defeat by Luther and 2 by Con-cordia.
Pitching duties were shared by
Sandia, Starr, LeMasters, and Ol-sen.
Garvey was the regular catch-er.
The usual infield went from
Greenman at first; Benson, sec-ond;
Simms or Sandin, short; to
Olsen at third. Voight, Eddy, John-son,
H. Johnson, A. Olssen, San-berg,
and Palmquist have been in
the outfield. Sandin batted A
clean-up hitter
year.
Perhaps the 28-18 victory over
Bethany is the start of another
successful season.
Indians Finish Year In Third Place
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THE CLARION
Hagstrom Hall • if
Highlights
With the end of the school year
at hand some of the residents at
the apartments are busily packing
their household goods, making
room for new students.
The Stohre's and Dahl's are
leaving for the summer to take up
student pastorates.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Washburn are
driving to Schenectady, New York,
in their recently acquired Lincoln
Zephyr to spend the summer.
Don Gordon threatens to open
all the doors • and windows so the
neighbors can suffer with him
when the brand new Junior comes
back with him and Mrs. Gordon
in the fall.
Dana and Ruth Larsen are mak-ing
arrangements for their trip to
India, where they will serve as
missionaries.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sather are
leaving for Seattle this summer,
where Arthur is planning to con-tinue
his schooling.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sandberg and
Wayne will be spending their sum-mer
at their farm in Fergus Falls,
Minnesota.
Good-byes are being said to Mrs.
Drotz and Dorothy. Dorothy is go-ing
to the mission field with the
Larson's.
The Rosenquists plan to visit
Lake Vermillion in their latest car,
that is if the cops don't come for
it before then.
The empty apartments will be
rented out to families wishing to
have a home for the summer.
Question: What do you plan to do
this summer?
Ruth Gustafson: Elaine Christ-enson
and I are going to live in
the college and raise a garden
and do some canning- - also work
and teach DVBS at Lowry Ave.
Rudy Forsman: Work on the Du-luth,
Masbe and Iron Range rail-way
which hauls ore. I'm on a
leave of absense from there now.
Mr. A. J. Wingblade: I'll be around
the cities most of the time doing
miscellaneous church work, also at
Big Trout Lake Bible camp.
Vangie Randall: Probably be going
to summer school in Sioux Falls
and learn how to type so I can
make .myself useful, - -going home
too and will probably work.
Les Larson: Going to Peace River,
Canada with Leonard a n d Bud
doing Evangelistic work, singing,
teaching DVBS and preaching - -
also going home for two days.
Bernadette Thurston: When fall
comes around I will be "Mrs.-ing"
instead of "Missing" because Bill
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summer. (sorry girls)!
Miss Berthel: Go to school — be
bridesmaid in a couple weddings - -
go east on vacation - - learn how
to cook and sew - - go swimming—
play tennis - - read - - stay in every
evening.
Bill Stearns: Roy Nelson and I
plan to be doing evangelistic work
throughout the Columbia Confer-ence
in Washington and Oregon.
Don Johnson: Teach Bible school
at Grace Chapel. - - work at the
terminal during July and then
teach another Bible school at
Dad's Corners.
Arvilla Hanson: I am going fish-ing
every single day. I'm digging
out my dungarees and straw hat
and baiting up a drop line. Then
I'm going to sit out in a boat for
hours and write all kinds of mad
poetry.
Joe Brygger: Go to summer
school and work at the greenhouse
about eight hours a day.
More Pledges
Needed for nas
Have you made your NAS pledge
yet? If 'you have not, do so today,
for it is up to you if Bethel-is to
get a fieldhouse.
Take same pledge cards with
you and secure as many pledges
as you can from friends.
Valedictorians
Tell of Pluses
Speaking on "Spirituality Plus"
and "Education Plus" respectively
Valedictorians Robert Unmack and
Ruth Eckstrom addressed the
Class Day audience this morning.
Unmack stressed that spirituali-ty
alone is not enough and that
school training is only a beginning.
What is needed for Christian liv-ing
is preparation and prepared-ness.
Eckstrom defined education as
the instilling of knowledge and
ideals. Her central statement was,
"The fear of the Lord is the be-ginning
of wisdom."
GOD'S WORD STANDETH
(continued from page 2)
the religion of an exceedingly wise
Satan (planted in the hearts of ex-ceedingly
proud men) : the faith
of Jesus Christ is the salvation of
an all-wise God, revealed to hum-ble
sinners. The first has and is
destroying people and nations. The
one way, the truth, and the life;
second is the salt of the earth and
the light. Christ has proven to be
Truth forever on the scaffold,
Wrong forever on the throne;
Yet the scaffold sways the fu-ture,
And behind the dim unknown
Standeth God within the shad-ows,
Keeping watch upon his own.